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U.S. Congress passes measures to increase protections of Native women and girls

Sep 30, 2020

Senator Pelosi has signed two acts crucial to justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Tiffany explores why these acts are important, and sheds light on the MMIW epidemic.

95% of girls report that COVID-19 has negatively impacted their lives

Sep 29, 2020

Tiffany rounds up key takeaways from Plan International’s report, “Halting Lives,” which surveyed 7,000 girls in 14 countries about the impacts of COVID-19.

Girls Struggle in UK Lockdown

May 12, 2020

Junior Girl Phoebe Cawley continues our Girl News International with a look at the life of girls during the COVID lockdown in the UK.

Somali Girl’s Death “Compensated” for with 75 Camels

Mar 11, 2020

A Somali woman walks alone in central Mogadishu. © 2013 Samer Muscati/Human Rights Watch In February 2019, 12 year old Aisha Ilyes Aden was abducted from her local market in Northern Puntland, Somalia. She was cruelly raped and murdered by her abductors. Three...

Lack of Female Representation at the Oscars

Feb 19, 2020 | 1 comment

Natalie Portman’s Oscars’ outfit speaks to the lack of female representation. The Academy Awards, more popularly known as the Oscars, are awards given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to creators that display an...

Rising Rates of FGM in Ireland

Feb 12, 2020

Images from Ogilvy and Mather London’s “It Happens Here” anti-FGM ad campaign. 6th February 2020 marked the International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. Despite Female genital mutilation being illegal in the European Union, as well as being...